seeing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of see

   “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having vision; not blind.

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight.

   “To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

conj

1. (slang)Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.

   “Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.”